Syrup-container.



R. R. KENNEDY.

SYRUP CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT- 23, 1915.

Patented July 10, 1917.

ROBERT RUSSEL KENNEDY, OF WEST WI-IEELING, OHIO.

SYRUP-CONTAINER.

Application filed October 23, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT RUssEL KEN- NEDY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at West Wheeling, in the county of Bellnont and Stateof Ohio, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Syrup-Containers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figuresof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improved container for syrup or any liquidcommodity. The object of the invention is to provide an article of theabove character which is sanitary and of easy manipulation indischarging the contents from the container. A further object of theinvention is to provide a device for controlling the discharge of liquidfrom the container which is confined wholly to the cover or lid of thecontainer and therefore is capable of being used on a variety ofcontainers and is not rendered useless should a particular container bedestroyed or broken.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinalsection of my improved container showing the discharge spout in a closedposition. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the upper portion of the deviceshowing the discharge spout open. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of thecontainer.

In a detail description of my improved syrup container, similarreference characters indicate corresponding parts.

The jar 1 may be of any suitable design or shape as well as of anysuitable material for table wear, such, for example, as glass. The mouthof said jar is provided with exterior grooves or screw-threads which areengaged by similar threads of a cap 2 which close the mouth of the jar.The cap 2 has its top rounded and is provided with an inner straightwall 3 which engages the top of the jar when the cap is screwed intoposition. A cylinder 4 is rigidly united to the cap and extends throughboth walls thereof, the ends of said cylinder extending above and belowthe outer and inner walls of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July it}, 1917. Serial No. 57,578.

cap. The cylinder 4. constitutes an inclosure for an inner cylinder orspout 13. The upper end of said cylinder is flared outwardly as at 5 inthe form of a spout and is provided with a lid 6 which controls theoutlet through said spout. The lid 6 is pivotally united at 8 to afinger lever 7 which in turn is pivoted at 9 to a suitable bifurcatedstandard 10 on the cap 2. The free end of the lever 7 is provided with aflat finger portion it by which it is conveniently manipulated to openthe lid 6, a spring 12 being arranged to normally close said lid byexerting upward pressure on the free end of the lever. The innercylinder 13 is mounted freely within the cylinder 4:. This innercylinder 13 is-pivotally mounted at 15 t0 the inner side of the lid 6and has a discharge spout 14 through which the liquid is discharged whenthe lid 6 and inner cylinder 13 are elevated, as in Fig. 2. The lowerend of the inner cylinder 13 terminates in a flange 16 which constitutesin effect a valve in that it cooperates with the lower end of the outercylinder or spout 5 in shutting off any passage of the liquid betweenthe outer and inner cylinders when the device is manipulated todischarge the contents of the jar, as shown in Fig. 2.

lWhile in the drawings I have shown the outer cylinder having its outerend formed with a spout 5, it may be desirable to omit this spout 5 andto make the cylinder of uniform diameter in the event that the c0ntaineris used for liquids other than syrup. The object and purpose of thespout 5 is to catch the drippings that may drop from the inner spout 14when syrup is being discharged from the container. It will be observedfrom Fig. 1 of the drawings that when the container is not in a positionto discharge the contents the spout 18 is inclosed so that in the caseof syrup the air is excluded from the spout and the tendency of thesyrup remaining therein to solidify or turn to sugar is obviated. Thisis an in1- portant feature of the device as well as the protection ofthe spout from the accumulation of dust that would find ready adherenceto the syrup in the event tha the spout were exposed to the air.

Having described my invention, I claim.

In a liquid container, a jar having a cap connected to said cover,substantially as 10 specified.

' In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, 1n presence of twowltnesses. 3

ROBERT RUSSEL KENNEDY.

cylinder and spout when the spout is eleveted a cover forming a closurefor the cylinder and to which said spout is connected, and a fingerlever fulcrumed on said cap and Witnesses WALTER HARRIS, RAY FoR'rNEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G. I

